On a Saturday morning in September, a controlled explosion sent the very last remnants of the old eastern span on the Bay Bridge under the water and forever out of sight.
For those who drive over its replacement, memories of the old, massive steel structure fade with each passing trip.
Although, for San Francisco Fire Department Firefighter and Paramedic Chris Posey, there is one memory that will never disappear. "I remember it like it was yesterday," Posey said.
It was actually more like 29 years ago.
At 5 am on February 12, 1990, Posey, in just his second year on the job, was dispatched to the Bay Bridge. "Woman in labor at toll plaza number 14. That's all the information we got," Posey said.